Fukuyama

name

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The verdict

“Fukuyama” is uncommon French (frequency #92,761 among 137,178 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,761
frequency rank, French
137,178
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ville du Japon, située sur l'île de Honshū, dans la préfecture de Hiroshima.

Key facts for Fukuyama
PropertyValue
HeadwordFukuyama
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters8
Frequency rank#92,761
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Fukuyama” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Fukuyama lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Fukuyama is uncommon French at frequency #92,761 among 137,178 “F” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ville du Japon, située sur l'île de Honshū, dans la préfecture de Hiroshima.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Fukuyama, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Fukuyama, spelled F-U-K-U-Y-A-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville du Japon, située sur l'île de Honshū, dans la préfecture de Hiroshima.

This word in other languages

Fukuyama(English)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Fukuyama"?
"Fukuyama" is spelled F-U-K-U-Y-A-M-A.
What does "Fukuyama" mean?
As a proper noun, "Fukuyama" means: Ville du Japon, située sur l'île de Honshū, dans la préfecture de Hiroshima.
What language does "Fukuyama" come from?
"Fukuyama" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “Fukuyama”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is F-U-K-U-Y-A-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list